Page "Socialist Labor Party of America" Paragraph 45

But what sort of trade unions would instill in the working class the ideas and drive to action that would lead to a revolutionary restructuring of the economic order?

This was the central question, over which the SLP ultimately divided.

On the one hand there were those who advocated the policy of " boring from within " the already-existing unions, attempting to win their memberships over to the idea of socialist reorganization of society through the force of propaganda and practical example.

Ultimately, it was believed, enough individual unions could be won over that the entire trade union movement could be moved in a socialist direction.